My colleagues and I are researching how plastic consumption may affect the transition (recruitment) that fish make from an open water (pelagic) … [Read More...]
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Reef fish recruitment and microplastics
Lace corals at Lizard Island
[Dr Daniela Pica is a marine scientist based at Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona Italy. Her research is expanding scientific knowledge of … [Read More...]
Horror, wonder and science of CoTS
The Crown of Thorns Starfish (CoTS) invoke horror and wonder. They also spur important science. Horror and wonder CoTS (Acanthaster) are … [Read More...]
Larval cloning of the Crown of Thorns Starfish
Recently-published research shows larval Crown of Thorns Starfish (CoTS) clone themselves. A larval CoTS can split, resulting in TWO larval CoTS, … [Read More...]
My visit to the Lizard Island Research Station
On the 11th of September my family and I arrived on Lizard Island. To get to the Island we flew on a tiny plane which could only fit 12 people on … [Read More...]